Questions related to systems with an integrated and discrete video card.
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Application windows randomly redrawing
Windows* redraw frantically (blink white) for a couple minutes and then it stops. Sometimes the whole windows, sometimes just part of them.. very weird behaviour.
What is even strange (or a clue?) is ...
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How to use integrated Intel graphics instead of Nvidia graphics on MacBook Pro?
I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit on MacBook Pro 15" 2010 (MacBookPro6,2) and I would like to use the integrated Intel graphics instead of the dedicated Nvidia graphics Ubuntu boots with on this ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics not working [duplicate]
With 12.10 I was able to use the solution provided in Ubuntu 12.10 AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics not working
How to make it work in 13.04 Raring Ringtail?
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How to install the Nvidia Drivers
I just ordered the Nvidia GTX 560 card, which should arrive tomorrow. I have a dilemma, though. Should I keep using the driver which is available in "additional drivers" in Ubuntu (10.10), or should I ...
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Does the new nVidia Optimus / RandR 1.4 stuff work for desktops?
I read this not long ago http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTM0NzE
and was wondering if it would work on a desktop with displays connected via an Intel HD graphics output on the ...
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ATI Radeon HD7000 Series (Laptop) - Switch Mode Between ATI & Intel Integrated GPU. Stuck on Boot Screen On Intel GPU Selection Mode
Laptop Specs:
HP Pavilion G6-2020SE
GPUs
1) ATI HD7000 Series
2) Intel Integrated
OS Installed:
x) Ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit)
i) ATI Graphics Card Drivers Installed From AMD website.
Note: Graphics Card ...
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hybrid-dump for VDPAU accelerated video playing on Ubuntu 11.10 with bumblebee 3.0?
I am trying to run hybrid-dump for VDPAU accelerated video playing on Ubuntu 11.10 with Bumblebee 3.0 installed and running. But following the instructions in the URL below, I can't get mplayer with ...
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HDMI audio not working on hybrid graphics
I have an HP Pavilion dv6 laptop with Intel Sandybridge HD3000 / Ati Radeon 6490M switchable graphics. I am not very experienced in Ubuntu or Linux in general but I have installed 13.04 64bit, because ...
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How to disable discrete GPU using NVIDIA drivers?
I have a DELL studio XPS 13 (aka 1340) as of 12.04 most things run smoothly out of the box, but I have some power draining and warmness issues (if not to be called terrible heat issues)
The system ...
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Window manager won't boot using Nvidia GPU on EEEPC1015PN with Ubuntu 12.10
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on an Asus EEEPC 1015PN. This netbook has an Nvidia Ion GPU, which I had to install Mtrons scripts in order to use (located here: ...
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How do I get AMD/Intel Hybrid Graphics drivers to work?
On Ubuntu 12.04 my Sony Vaio VPCSE with Intel® HD Graphics 3000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 6630M worked fine with the Catalyst Control Center version 12.6. Also the switching between integrated and discrete ...
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'Your system is running in low-graphic mode' after installing AMD fglrx drivers on a 6600M
Looks like I have a problem that has already been debated but non of the solutions provided did not work for me, so I'm asking this question again in hpes that someone can help me.
I'm running 12.04 ...
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How do I use 2 video boards on Dell XPS 15? [duplicate]
Can I make Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 use both NVIDIA and Intel graphics processor? And how do I do that?
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Ubuntu and the HP Envy 15t-3200
Could someone post a tutorial on making Ubuntu 13.04 work with the HP Envy 15t-3200?
I own this laptop, and have had to use Windows so far. :(
There are several problems (touchpad, sound, etc), but ...
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Display Brightness not working in ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I upgraded to 12.04 using the synaptic package manager upgrade feature...
I have googled this problem and there is a lot of help available but none of a recent date and I never had this problem with ...
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What are my graphics option on a AMD hybrid graphics MacBook Pro (8,2)?
Currently I'm running the AMD chip full time with fglrx drivers, and I get OK battery life. I would like to get another hour or two though, which I feel is quite possible by switching to the Intel ...
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Raring on Laptop with two GPUs: black screen
I bootet my Macbook 8-2 with Kubuntu Rarings
Normal Live CD mode: Only discrete AMD GPU found, everthings fine.
EFI Installer (EFI mode needed to use other GPU): Screen goes black (even on ttys).
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Hybrid Graphics on Windows 7/Ubuntu 12.04 Dual Boot
Alright, so here's the situation:
I am using an ASUS UL80VT with two graphics cards:
Integrated intel graphics and
NVIDIA G210M
I was running an Ubuntu 12.04 - Windows 7 dual boot (on separate ...
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How do I disable the discrete graphics and force the use of my integrated Intel HD graphics on an HP Envy 15t-3200?
I have been trying to blacklist my open source AMD Radeon driver so that my system will use only the Intel HD 4000 Ivy bridge graphics. What is the proper procedure? I am using xserver-xorg-video-ati, ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 HybridGraphics (ATI and Intel) problem (Acer Aspire 7745g)
I have problem with my graphic cards. By default Intel driver had installed. But i cant' install ATI driver.
I want to install both this drivers, or to remove Intel's driver, install ATI's driver. ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 AMD/Intel Hybrid Switchable Graphics NOT WORKING! [duplicate]
I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 on the HP Pavilion dv7-6175us with AMD Radeon HD 6490M/Intel HD Graphics 3000 Switchable graphics. How can I make switchable graphics work on Ubuntu?
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Installing fglrx 13.3 with powerxpress on Ubuntu 13.04
When trying to install fgrlx 13.3 from the AMD website, the installation goes smoothly, but when I to aticonfig --initial -f, I get the following error:
Uninitialised file found, configuring.
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I can't install Ubuntu 13.04 on a new computer [duplicate]
I'am trying to install 13.04 via usb; however, when I boot to grub and press install Ubuntu, my screen will flash repeatedly between white and purple and will no proceed any further. So I pressed "e" ...
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Macbook Pro 8,2 Graphics switching - Ubuntu 12.04
I've been reading docs and various pages for a few hours now and can't seem to put all of the pieces together on this. Basically I am trying to get 12.04 installed on my MBP 8,2 with graphics card ...
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Ubuntu won't shutdown using integrated GPU (Vaio VPCSB)
I have a Sony Vaio VPCSB1D7E (W7 + Ubuntu 12.04). It has hybrid graphics (AMD+Intel). I installed both the AMD Catalyst drivers and the Intel ones. So far, using both graphic cards works fine, but I ...
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Problem with video driver (Nvidia Geforce GT 650m) in Lenovo Ideapad Y500 with Ubuntu 12.04
The screen resolution cannot be assigned. It indicates that it is 1920 x 1080 but everything looks very small.
The screen brightness can not be allocated from the system.
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vga_switcheroo and Intel HD 3000 on Ubuntu 12.04
I'm trying to get vga_switcheroo to enable my integrated Intel HD 3000 instead of my ATI card. My problem is that there is no vgaswitcheroo directory in /sys/kernel/debug/ on my system.
> grep -i ...
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How to check if my graphic card is muxless?
How can I check whether my Graphic Card is "muxed" or "muxless"?
My graphic card is an AMD HD 8730M, and on my Dell Inspiron 15r 5521 I've also got an Intel HD 4000.
But when I use the lspci command ...
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Hybrid graphic card management in Ubuntu 12.10 [duplicate]
I need to know how to manage a hybrid dual graphic card on my laptop. Here's the config:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Robson CE [AMD ...
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Ubuntu doesnt shutdown properly with Intel HD VGA (proprietary driver)
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Vostro 3550 notebook with a AMD Radeon 6630M/Intel HD 3000 hybrid-graphics card.
I recently installed the latest proprietary drivers from the AMD website. Everything ...
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How to enable switching Hybrid Intel/ATi with mux on Ubuntu 12.04?
I have notebook with hybrid intel/ati HD5650 graphic (with mux). I want to install previous kernel 2.6.35 like on ubuntu 10.10 because on that kernel a can switch my graphic without any problem with ...
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Ubuntu on hybrid GPU laptops
I am running Ubuntu on VAIO VPCSE (23FX) that contains hybrid graphics processing capabilities. It is equipped with:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor ...
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How to fix high power consumption on a hybrid-graphics laptop
I have a hybrid Radeon 6600M/Intel laptop, and I've installed the Ubuntu beta 2, hoping that I'd get a better battery life but I still seem to be getting high power consumption.
With radeon ...
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How do I turn off the discrete card on boot when there's no option in the BIOS?
I have quite old laptop - MSI CX620MX. It has two graphic cards - integrated Intel card and ATI Mobility Radeon HD545v.
I have installed WIN7 and ubuntu 12.04. I would like to know, how can I disable ...
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HP Pavilion g6 1190sm laptop has overheat/hibernation/graphics issues
Every time I reboot or shutdown my laptop, while the laptop is booting again I get a screen (before loading the OS) that HP discovered overheating and system went into hibernation. But the point is ...
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Hybrid graphics Intel/Radeon HD 6630M
I bought a Dell Vostro 3450 with hybrid GPU and I don't know how to configure properly, I think the fan is running at full speed, also I'm really new in this OS, so I would appreciate all the help you ...
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How to use Integrated GPU for Hybrid Laptop Intel/ATI?
So here's the problem, I have Lenovo Laptop Y460 equipped with Hybrid GPU that is an Intel Integrated GPU and an ATI Radeon HD 5650 as Discrete GPU. Basically I can switch the GPU either by switching ...
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How do I only use the Intel HD 3000 card on an HP dv6?
I have a HP dv6 6195sp, the Pc have a AMD Radeon™ HD 6770M GDDR5 and Intel HD 3000. After installation ubuntu only use the AMD graphic card, how to install and use only the intel graphic card ?
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How much power does a dedicated graphics card consume when only the integrated card is used?
My desktop machine has an Intel i5 CPU with integrated graphics and a dedicated geforce card. Through blacklisting the nvidia driver in Linux and by using two cables, I'm planning to use the ...
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Unable to boot Ubuntu/Mint
I'm posting this as a last resource
I'm really frustrated with the a new laptop I bought few months ago because I am just unable to install Linux on it. It's an HP pavilion G4 1364. Short specs: Core ...
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Hybrid graphics driver not working (12.04)
After two days of intensive research and two Ubuntu 12.04 and 12.10 installations later I've reached a dead end.
I currently own a HP dv6-3315ep laptop, which comes with a 6550M graphics card, and ...
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3+ monitors, nvidia + intel graphics
I have seen lots of different posts on this issue, but I cannot figure out what to do.
I hope we can collect the available information in one place, so that they can be useful for others.
Is it ...
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Tripple monitors on hybrid video system GeForce+Intel
I use Lenovo Ideapad Z580A with hybrid video: GeForce+Intel with Ubuntu 12.10 x64 Ukrainian. It has internal display and two outputs: HDMI and VGA. When I connect third display to VGA all displays go ...
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lenvono Y560(ATI HD5730 ) Can I hot switch discrete & integrated graphics card in Ubuntu 12.10? TKS
I have Y560 laptop with ATI HD5730 discrete card.
echo OFF > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch can power off discrete card.
echo ON > /sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch can enable it.
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intel/ati hybrid graphics card query
I am using 12.04 and i followed this tutorial to install the intel/ati(3000/6490m) hybrid graphics on my ubuntu. I desparately want to try 12.10 and the coming 13.04 and when i see there is no perfect ...
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Android 3D acceleration in androVM with primusrun?
I have been trying an Android Virtual Machine called androVM on an Ubuntu 12.04 32 bit laptop with Intel/Nvidia hybrid graphics configuration as the guest OS (details on the graphic cards below). I ...
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Hybrid Intel/AMD Radeon problem [duplicate]
I have a Dell Inspiron 7520 which is Ubuntu certificated.
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. Now i have problem with the fan control (noise) because of the hybrid System.
I tried some tutorials but ...
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VAAPI and AMD\Intel hybrid video
I have AMD\Intel hybrid video cards, Ubuntu 12.10, Catalyst 13.2b7.
VAAPI uses only the Intel drivers, I don't know why. And I can't use hardware acceleration when hybrid graphics is on.
I have the ...
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Just ran some updates, broke system and stuck in Unity 2d
I just installed 25 updates. In them were the raring graphics stack and kernel 3.5.25. I rebooted back and noticed I was now in Unity 2d. This behaves much slower than 3d did and when I tried to log ...
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How do I get Graphics drivers / bluetooth / card reader working on an Acer Aspire V3-571G?
A couple of days ago I bought an Acer Aspire V3-571G laptop without a system installed on it. The only thing that was there was Linux Linpus. I created a bootable CD with Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit - I read ...
